Some students of knowledge saying "Your prayers" when leaving a gathering.
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The questioner : There are those who find on the tongues of students of knowledge their saying after leaving a gathering: "Your prayers." They attribute the evidence to... Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said to one of the Companions: "Do not forget us in your supplication." So it became their custom in every gathering, after leaving, to say: "Your prayers." Is this considered a Sunnah or is it considered an innovation?
The Shaykh : I, first of all, do not... repeat the question.
Another questioner : It has become common on the tongues of many students of knowledge to say "Your prayers" after leaving a gathering. In my opinion—and Allah knows best—when they say "Your prayers" without intending to ask for supplication from him, but it has simply become a custom running on their tongues. And they say: their evidence for that is a hadith in "Sahih Muslim" or a report in "Sahih Muslim" from Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said to one of the Companions: "Do not forget us in your supplication," and he was traveling. Is this action of the students of knowledge in accordance with what Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said?
The Shaykh : I wanted to say: I do not recall a hadith with this meaning in "Sahih Muslim." The responsibility lies with the narrator, whether the narrator isThe questioner : or someone else, I do not know this hadith. If it is established; that does not mean it is from the Sunnah for a Muslim to say to one who is bidding him farewell: "Your prayers," whether he intends supplication or does not intend it. This is not important, because if he is not intending it, it is like other speech that has no value and no weight. But the value comes when he intends it; at that time, this enters the category of innovation in the religion. If the hadith attributed to Umm Salimah is authentic; it indicates what other evidence indicates: the permissibility of a Muslim supplicating for his Muslim brother. As for making it a Sunnah after every gathering and at every departure; this is the same as many of the innovations that some people do, such as—for example—shaking hands after the prayer, which is an innovation, in some countries, in Syria, in Jordan—for example—and some of them saying to each other: "May Allah accept"; this is supplication, but committing to it after every prayer is undoubtedly from the innovations, and the innovation that Imam al-Shatibi calls "the additional innovation."
Summary of the answer: If a Muslim says to his Muslim brother when meeting or when departing: "Pray for me" or "Your prayers"; and he does that occasionally; there is no harm. As for committing to it until... as if it is a transmitted Sunnah; then it enters the category of "the additional innovation."
Please.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He says: In "Sahih Muslim" there is no hadith other than this one.
The Shaykh : What I say is: I do not say it does not exist! The responsibility lies with the narrator, I do not know this.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh : I, first of all, do not... repeat the question.
Another questioner : It has become common on the tongues of many students of knowledge to say "Your prayers" after leaving a gathering. In my opinion—and Allah knows best—when they say "Your prayers" without intending to ask for supplication from him, but it has simply become a custom running on their tongues. And they say: their evidence for that is a hadith in "Sahih Muslim" or a report in "Sahih Muslim" from Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said to one of the Companions: "Do not forget us in your supplication," and he was traveling. Is this action of the students of knowledge in accordance with what Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said?
The Shaykh : I wanted to say: I do not recall a hadith with this meaning in "Sahih Muslim." The responsibility lies with the narrator, whether the narrator isThe questioner : or someone else, I do not know this hadith. If it is established; that does not mean it is from the Sunnah for a Muslim to say to one who is bidding him farewell: "Your prayers," whether he intends supplication or does not intend it. This is not important, because if he is not intending it, it is like other speech that has no value and no weight. But the value comes when he intends it; at that time, this enters the category of innovation in the religion. If the hadith attributed to Umm Salimah is authentic; it indicates what other evidence indicates: the permissibility of a Muslim supplicating for his Muslim brother. As for making it a Sunnah after every gathering and at every departure; this is the same as many of the innovations that some people do, such as—for example—shaking hands after the prayer, which is an innovation, in some countries, in Syria, in Jordan—for example—and some of them saying to each other: "May Allah accept"; this is supplication, but committing to it after every prayer is undoubtedly from the innovations, and the innovation that Imam al-Shatibi calls "the additional innovation."
Summary of the answer: If a Muslim says to his Muslim brother when meeting or when departing: "Pray for me" or "Your prayers"; and he does that occasionally; there is no harm. As for committing to it until... as if it is a transmitted Sunnah; then it enters the category of "the additional innovation."
Please.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He says: In "Sahih Muslim" there is no hadith other than this one.
The Shaykh : What I say is: I do not say it does not exist! The responsibility lies with the narrator, I do not know this.
Please proceed.
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